{But you prefer the worldly life.} He says this to the polytheists, meaning: they claim that the worldly life is everlasting and that the Hereafter will not come to pass.
﴿بل تؤثرون الْحَيَاة الدُّنْيَا﴾ يَقُولُهُ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ، أَيْ: يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ الدُّنْيَا بَاقِيَةٌ، وَأَنَّ الْآخِرَةَ لَا تكون
